Amarro Fiamberti
Amarro Fiamberti (10 September 1894 – 1970)[1] was an Italian psychiatrist who first performed a transorbital lobotomy (by accessing the frontal lobe of the brain through the orbits) in 1937. The technique remained rarely practised until his reports were discovered by his contemporary, the American neurologist Walter Freeman, who improved the surgical technique, initially by using ice picks (hence the name "ice pick lobotomy") and later employing more refined equipment. Fiamberti was later named Director of the Mombello Psychiatric Hospital, and after of the Psychiatric Hospital of Varese, when it was opened in 1964.
Amarro Fiamberti | |
|---|---|
| Born | 10 September 1894 |
| Died | 1970 (aged 75–76) |
| Nationality | Italy |
| Known for | lobotomy psychosurgery |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Psychiatry |
References
- Armocida, Giuseppe (2007). "A.M. Fiamberti and 'psycosurgery'". Medicina nei secoli. 19 (2): 457–74. PMID 18450027.
- Aschieri, G (December 1970). "A. M. Fiambierti". Rivista sperimentale di freniatria e medicina legale delle alienazioni mentali. 94 (6): 1679–81. PMID 4932453.
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